ManageEngine, the real-time IT management company, today announced that it is participating in GITEX Technology Week 2013, to be held at the Dubai International Convention Center from October 20-24, 2013.Read More…
Channel Post MEA speaks to Sébastien Pavie, the Regional Sales Director for MEA at SafeNet, who says Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) is a growing technology trend in the Middle East.Read More…
Leading IT solutions distribution, Avnet Technology Solutions recently celebrated the spirit of Gitex in the company of over 100 key channel partners, vendor partners and associates from across the Middle East region at the prestigious Armani Hotel, located in world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa. The evening was presided over by the President of Avnet Technology Solutions EMEA, Graeme Watt, and supported by senior executives from Avnets key vendors, such as HP, Oracle, AMD, Enterasys and Motorola. Read More…
Leading security brand Sophos conducted a survey during Gitex 2011 and found out that 64% of respondents are not confident that data stored on a mobile device belonging to their organization would be secure in the event it was lost or stolen.
Unsurprisingly, 58% of those polled felt that viruses were still the biggest threat to their corporate network. Of the respondents, 34% rated device theft or loss as the biggest threat, not surprising either given that mobile device security was such a hot topic for Sophos at Gitex this year.Read More…
SonicWALL in its eight year of participation at GITEX showcases its SuperMassive E10000 Series of Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW). With the evolving threats and continued evolution of computing trends, like adoption of virtualization, SaaS, mobility and Web 2.0 applications, SonicWALL’s team of experts will effectively demonstrate its comprehensive portfolio of Next-Generation IT Security solutions to address these burgeoning threats. Read More…
Aptec, the leading technology distributors in the region will showcase the benefits of contemporary business solutions during its 31st appearance at Gitex 2011. The value-added distributor is one of very few companies that have participated in every Gitex event since it began, and this year it will be focusing on IT business solutions and what these can offer to the industry. “Gitex is an excellent platform that allows a regional distribution house like ours to showcase some of the latest technological offerings from our vendors as well as network with our partners from across the region. Read More…
This year Avaya at Gitex would be creating their largest-ever presence at Gitex and would be wide offering a range of solutions for the visitors to experience. Avaya is also partnering with Emirates NBD, to display the Middle East’s first-ever video contact center ATMs, which allows direct contact with an agent via video, and also will highlight its newest contact center offerings, The Avaya Aura-based contact centers enable organizations to offer their customers a diversity of choice in how they would like to communicate – including video, voice, web, chat and email. Read More…
Leading VAD ComGuard, today unveiled its promotional campaign for Gitex Shopper this year, wherein it will offer special discounts on the wide range of Kaspersky and iolo personal products. ComGuard is going to run exciting games and the winners will get fabulous gifts like Mobiles, Netbooks. And, it will also offers 100% reimbursement for the entry ticket for Gitex Shopper to all the shoppers who will buy any product from its booth at Gitex Shopper.Read More…
Leading IT distributor, Al Hosani Computer in association with Kaspersky announced their special promotion “GITEX Shopper week of Golden Bar Surprises” for this Gitex Shopper’s. The promotion will kickstart at 8th October and will run for a week and during that week anyone who purchases Kaspersky Antivirus 2012 or Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 at Al Hosani Computers stand EL 2-2 at Gitex Shopper or from any of leading retailer like Carrefour, CompuMe , EMax, Geant, HyperPanda, Jacky’s, Jumbo and Sharaf DG will have the chance to enter the lucky draw to win a limited edition of 7 golden bars, worth up to AED 30,000 each.Read More…
Microsoft today announced a number of offers that will be available on its top-selling range hardware products at this year’s Gitex including web cams, mice and keyboards which will be sold by various retailers at Gitex Shopper 2011. Merthan Kaleli, Retail Sales & Marketing Lead, Microsoft Gulf said: “As we have witnessed in previous years, Microsoft Hardware products are very popular with consumers during Gitex shopper events, and we are very excited to announce the new range of innovative accessories available this year. Read More…
Since the beginning of this year several independent analyst and research firms reported that the Saudi Arabia for technology is going to expand with the increase in Saudi government IT spending. According to leading IT research and analyst firm IDC, Saudi government IT spending on infrastructure and security, particularly in the areas of communication and education, could push the total amount the Kingdom spends on IT hardware, software, and related services pass the USD 6.4 billion mark. Read More…
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia acknowledged the potential of ICT industry with the Shura Council eyeing to raise the industry’s contribution to the level of 20 per cent of national GDP by 2020. Reaffirming the government’s robust ICT outlook, recent studies have projected Saudi Arabia’s software market to reach a value of USD 675 million during the current year, up from USD 611 million in 2010 and poised to maintain a healthy growth rate in the succeeding years, while the IT services market is expected to reach USD 1.1 billion this year and sustain a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9 per cent during the 2011 – 2015 period.Read More…
